contamination
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Although corrosion and contamination had affected the coin, they could not adequately account for the depth, shape, and distribution of its unusual distortions.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 11, 2026
In a post on social media, the attraction confirmed that work is still underway to address the oil contamination and that a number of pens remain out of bounds.
From BBC ● Nov. 9, 2026
The results raised long-standing concerns over the quality of work and whether the lingering contamination could present risks to the residents.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 6, 2026
Because the Ryugu samples were collected directly in space and protected from Earth’s contamination, they provide one of the clearest views of ancient Solar System chemistry.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 3, 2026
The contamination of our world is not alone a matter of mass spraying.
From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson
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Nephew said if time was short, the U.S. could also seek to dilute the material on-site by mixing it with natural uranium or destroy it, although that could cause chemical contaminations in the area.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 15, 2026
"Right now, the industry does their best to reduce those risks, but you will hear about outbreaks of these contaminations and people getting sick. There are sometimes reported deaths because of these events."
From Science Daily ● Mar. 1, 2024
Morocco on Saturday went so far as to ban all arrivals from China, regardless of nationality, “to avoid a new wave of contaminations in Morocco and all its consequences.”
From Washington Post ● Jan. 4, 2023
She also said the number of contaminations were roughly in line with the figures for 2015 and 2016.
From BBC ● Oct. 9, 2018
Such contaminations of poetic by rhetoric as are clearest seem to arise not from the new Italian influence, but from the mediaeval tradition.
From Rhetoric and Poetry in the Renaissance A Study of Rhetorical Terms in English Renaissance Literary Criticism by Donald Lemen Clark
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